Austin G. Mackell
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me on twitter…
- Think I scared him off? #Snowden. 12 hours ago
- #Ecuador may offer #whistleblower asylum. Please come to #Quito, Mr #Snowden, that I might man-crush all over you. usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2013-06/… 12 hours ago
- RT @ddowza: @austingmackell Don't know your music tastes man, but check this track out youtube.com/watch?v=v8AHDD… 15 hours ago
- @ddowza worth a listen for sure. 15 hours ago
- @Mariam_Chehab trying to find out.... the dude's status updates have become erratic..... 16 hours ago
Blogroll
- Acitv8Change The fantastic and fiery Kate Ausburn’s blog
- Antony Loewenstein One of Australia’s best and most critical intellectuals
- Disgruntled Biped “23 year old curmudgeon. Serial pessimist. Born in Jesusland, raised in Redneck Wonderland… suffice to say that both these experiences damaged me profoundly. Much happier now in the Inner West.”
- Inner West Live A community of blogger/journo/food-reviews/catlovers from around the Inner West (The Cool Part) of Sydney
- Lorenzo Tugnoli An amazing Italian photojournalist.
- Patch Galey A very sharp young British journalist based in Beirut and working at the Daily Star (also once my flat-mate)
- Penultimo A blog about my neighbourhood run by Jesse Stein and Erin Riley… Coz I still got love for the streets.
- Richard Hall Another fine young Daily Star Journo, writing from Beirut about the Middle East and beyond.
- Sam Tarling English Photojournalist bouncing round the Middle East. In Cairo (in the thick of it) last I checked.
- The Review of The New York Review of Books A side project of mine, featuring meta-reviews (reviews of reviews), video digests, and comment pages for the NYRB
- The Tongue Are you ready for a taste of the realness?
- The Tracy and The John “the men danced the dance of the gays”
- Two Bullets an anonymous insider from the Sydney music scene
Archives
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Monthly Archives: September 2011
The revolutionary journey of militant Egyptian union organiser Kamal Mohammad El-Fayoumi – In his own words.
The following is a full transcript of an interview Montasser Bayoud and I had earlier this year with militant Egyptian labour organiser, Kamal El-Fayoumi of the Misr Spinning and weaving company. The activism of these workers, combined with the fact … Continue reading
Libya Pics
These photos were all taken in late June in Benghazi, Ajdabiya and Tobruk – pardon the delayed upload (my computer was out of action.) A rebel fighter with his BFG (Big Fucking Gun- military buffs please inform me) on … Continue reading
Believe the hype: Cairo is bigger than Berlin
Have just had the following published over at The Drum: It’s quickly become fashionable to poor scorn on the high hopes inspired by the uprisings in the Arab world this year. Commentators, citing the fact that the regions problems have … Continue reading
Egyptian Hunger Striker Faces Death
My latest for New Matilda: Blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad was imprisoned for ‘insulting the military’ in Egypt. He’s now in the third week of a hunger strike. Austin Mackell spoke to his family in Cairo about why he’s there “In … Continue reading
More Citizen Radio
Always good times talking to Allison. We talk about last Friday’s protest (including the embassy), the hunger strike of Maikel Nabil (an imprisoned Egyptian blogger) and military trials in general (which are fucked).
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Tagged Citizen Radio, Egypt, Maikel Nabil, Military Trials, NOSCAF
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